"the film ""The Delinquents"" (1989). Twenty Flight Rock ""Twenty Flight Rock"" is a song originally performed by Eddie Cochran in the 1956 film comedy ""The Girl Can't Help It"", and released as a single the following year. The song was published in 1957 as written by Ned Fairchild and Eddie Cochran, by American Music Incorporated and Campbell, Connelly and Company. Cochran's contribution was primarily on the music. His version is rockabilly-flavored, but artists of many genres have covered the song. The first version of ""Twenty Flight Rock"" was recorded by Cochran in July 1956 at Gold Star Studios, with Connie"
"an early age, playing in the school band and teaching himself to play blues guitar. In 1954, he formed a duet with the guitarist Hank Cochran (no relation), and when they split the following year, Eddie began a songwriting career with Jerry Capehart. His first success came when he performed the song ""Twenty Flight Rock"" in the film ""The Girl Can't Help It"", starring Jayne Mansfield. Soon afterwards, he signed a recording contract with Liberty Records. Cochran died at age 21 after a road accident, while travelling in a taxi in Chippenham, Wiltshire, during his British tour in April 1960,"
"were fairly successful and helped to establish them as a performing act. Eddie Cochran also worked as a session musician and began writing songs, making a demo with Jerry Capehart, his future manager. In July 1956, Eddie Cochran's first ""solo artist"" single was released by Crest Records. It featured ""Skinny Jim"", now regarded as a rock-and-roll and rockabilly classic. In the spring of 1956, Boris Petroff asked Cochran if he would appear in the musical comedy film ""The Girl Can't Help It"". Cochran agreed and performed the song ""Twenty Flight Rock"" in the movie. In 1957 Cochran starred in his"
"impressed by his new acquaintance's ability to play the song on the guitar. The good first impression of McCartney's performance led to an invitation to join the Quarrymen—Lennon's band that would eventually evolve into the Beatles. On ""The Beatles Anthology"", McCartney noted that: ""I think what impressed him most was that I knew all the words."" Cochran appeared in the film ""The Girl Can't Help It"" performing ""Twenty Flight Rock"" as a tongue-in-cheek example of the supposed lack of talent required to perform rock and roll. The guitar solo was edited out in the movie. The song also featured in"
"Ned Fairchild Nelda ""Ned"" Fairchild (August 26, 1929 in Burley, Idaho - May 3, 2015) was an American songwriter. Her best known work is the 1957 rock'n'roll hit ""Twenty Flight Rock"", on which a co-writing credit was given to rock and roll pioneer Eddie Cochran. Paul McCartney and John Lennon have in different contexts said that McCartney was invited to join Lennon's band, The Quarrymen, because he knew both the chords and words to ""Twenty Flight Rock"", a much-admired staple of the bands forming in England at that time. She was an AMI staff songwriter, who variously wrote and performed"
"song was based on an auto accident that killed 16-year-old Jeanette Clark, who was on a date with J.L. Hancock, also 16, in Barnesville, Georgia, on December 22, 1962. It was the Saturday before Christmas; the pair were with a group of friends, riding in a 1954 Chevrolet, driven by Hancock, in traffic. While traveling on U.S. Route 341, their car hit a tractor trailer carrying a load of logs in rural Barnesville, Georgia; Clark, Hancock and Wayne Cooper were killed. Two other teens in the car were seriously injured, but survived. However, this tragedy could not be the source"
"the 1956 film ""The Girl Can't Help It"". It became one of the earliest rhythm and blues songs to make the Billboard magazine pop music charts, peaking at number five and reaching the number one spot on the R&B Best Sellers chart. It reached number 23 on the UK Singles Chart It was included on the 1957 album ""This Is Fats"" and the 1959 album ""Fats Domino sings 12,000,000 Records."" The song title was used for a 2006 biography of Domino by Rick Coleman. Buddy Holly was one of the first to cover the song and Cat Stevens also recorded"
"minutes after takeoff for reasons still unknown. The crash killed all three passengers and pilot Roger Peterson instantly upon impact. As with Holly and Richardson, Valens suffered massive and unsurvivable head injuries along with blunt force trauma to the chest. At just 17 years old, Valens was the youngest to die in the crash. The tragedy inspired singer Don McLean to write his 1971 hit ""American Pie"", immortalizing February 3 as ""The Day the Music Died"". Valens's remains were buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, California. Valens was a pioneer of Chicano rock and Latin rock and inspired"
"or Cry: My Life in Verse"". After the book was published she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Ned Fairchild Nelda ""Ned"" Fairchild (August 26, 1929 in Burley, Idaho - May 3, 2015) was an American songwriter. Her best known work is the 1957 rock'n'roll hit ""Twenty Flight Rock"", on which a co-writing credit was given to rock and roll pioneer Eddie Cochran. Paul McCartney and John Lennon have in different contexts said that McCartney was invited to join Lennon's band, The Quarrymen, because he knew both the chords and words to ""Twenty Flight Rock"", a much-admired staple of the bands"
"She later recorded for the Sir, MGM and Roulette labels. Her only record for Roulette was ""Have Fun"", which reached no. 21 on the R&B chart at the end of 1962; its B-side, ""Don't Stop The Wedding"", an answer song to Etta James' ""Stop The Wedding"", reached no. 99 on the pop chart. Soon afterwards, she was involved in a serious car accident, which ended her musical career and confined her to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. She died in November 1986. A compilation of her recordings, ""In the Chapel - 30 Of Her Greatest Hits!"", was"
"1959. Then in April 1960, while touring with Gene Vincent in the UK, their taxi crashed into a concrete lamp post, killing Eddie at the young age of 21. The grim coincidence in this all was that his posthumous UK number-one hit was called ""Three Steps to Heaven"". Rockabilly music enjoyed great popularity in the United States during 1956 and 1957, but radio play declined after 1960. Factors contributing to this decline are usually cited as the 1959 death of Buddy Holly in an airplane crash (along with Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper), the induction of Elvis Presley into"
"supposedly happened. Clark and Hancock were on a date a few days before Christmas in 1962. A local gas station attendant helping with the recovery of the bodies did not recognize his own daughter. Hancock and Clark's friend Wayne Cooper, who was riding with them, was killed instantly. Their two other friends, Jewel Emerson and Ed Shockley, survived with serious injuries. Wayne Cochran's drummer had been dating Jeannette Clark's sister at the time of the wreck. The song was written by Wayne Cochran, who lived on Route 1941 in Georgia, about 15 miles from the crash site. It was a"
"notable appearances of her later years was with the Follies on December 31, 2006. She was still performing as late as 2013, at the age of 89. In 1959, Grant married attorney Robert Rifkind. The couple had two children. Grant died in Los Angeles on March 10, 2016, aged 91. Her death was announced by her son, Joshua Beckett. She also had a daughter, Jeri Brown. Gogi Grant Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg (September 20, 1924 – March 10, 2016), known professionally as Gogi Grant, was an American pop singer. She is best known for her No. 1 hit in 1956, ""The"
"""At Last You Understand"". The single was picked up for national distribution by RCA Victor, and ""Runaround"" became a hit, peaking at #20 on the U.S. national charts. With their newfound fame, Randazzo became the lead singer and songwriter. They scored two further hits on the new Billboard charts: ""Times Two, I Love You"" (#67, 1955) and ""And the Angels Sing"" (#70, 1956). In 1956 the Three Chuckles performed the song ""Cinnamon Sinner"" in the movie The Girl Can't Help It. Also in 1956, Alan Freed offered them a spot in his movie ""Rock, Rock, Rock""; following this Randazzo left"
"The Girl Can't Help It (song) ""The Girl Can't Help It"" is the title song to the film ""The Girl Can't Help It"", with words and music by songwriter Bobby Troup. It was performed by Little Richard and was released in December 1956 (see 1956 in music). In the US, the song peaked at #49 on the ""Billboard"" Top 100 singles chart and #7 on the R&B Best Sellers Chart. Overseas, ""The Girl Can't Help It"" peaked at #9 in the UK. It was included on the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at #413. Originally, Fats Domino"
"Steve Perry, and guitarist Neal Schon, at the time of the song's release the only three members remaining in the band. Girl Can't Help It (song) ""Girl Can't Help It"" is a song by the American rock band Journey, from their 1986 album ""Raised on Radio"". The song was released as the third single from that album, following ""Be Good to Yourself"" and ""Suzanne."" Like the previous two singles, ""Girl Can't Help It"" was a ""Billboard"" Top 40 hit, entering the chart on September 20, 1986 and peaking at number 17. It also became a Top 10 rock hit, peaking"
"Hill, where a plaque now marks the spot. No other car was involved. Cochran, who was seated in the centre of the back seat, threw himself over his fiancée (songwriter Sharon Sheeley) to shield her and was thrown out of the car when the door flew open. He was taken to St Martin's Hospital, in Bath, where he died of severe head injuries at 4:10 p.m. the following day. Cochran's body was flown home, and his remains were buried on April 25, 1960, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Cypress, California. Sharon Sheeley, tour manager Pat Thompkins, and singer Gene"
"questions for ... Kay Starr. ""Goldmine"", 29, 26. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1499165 Kay Starr Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became No. 1 hits ""Wheel of Fortune"" in 1951 and ""(The) Rock and Roll Waltz"" in 1955. Starr was successful in every field of music she tried, such as jazz, pop, and country; but her roots were in jazz. Billie Holiday called her ""the only white woman who"
"Girl Can't Help It (song) ""Girl Can't Help It"" is a song by the American rock band Journey, from their 1986 album ""Raised on Radio"". The song was released as the third single from that album, following ""Be Good to Yourself"" and ""Suzanne."" Like the previous two singles, ""Girl Can't Help It"" was a ""Billboard"" Top 40 hit, entering the chart on September 20, 1986 and peaking at number 17. It also became a Top 10 rock hit, peaking at number 9 on the ""Billboard"" Mainstream Rock chart. ""Girl Can't Help It"" was written by Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain, vocalist"
"by Madonna in 2000 and reached No. 1 in several countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. McLean's combined version is the fourth longest song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, at the time of release it was the longest, in addition to being the longest song to reach number one. The repeatedly mentioned phrase ""the day the music died"" refers to the plane crash in 1959 which killed early rock and roll performers Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens. (The crash was not known by that name until after McLean's song became a hit.) The meaning"
"1999. They had one daughter, Kelly Troup, who died in 2002, and twin sons, Jody and Reese Troup. Jody Troup died in 2010. Troup's own recordings in the 1950s and 1960s were not commercially successful. He made recordings for Liberty Records and Capitol Records, many with musicians from the West Coast jazz scene. He wrote the title song (sung by Little Richard) in the classic 1950s rock and roll movie ""The Girl Can't Help It"". An instrumental rendition of his song ""The Meaning of the Blues"" appeared on the Miles Davis album, ""Miles Ahead"". Troup's hipster interpretation of the fairy"
"Kay Starr Katherine Laverne Starks (July 21, 1922November 3, 2016), known professionally as Kay Starr, was an American pop and jazz singer who enjoyed considerable success in the late 1940s and 1950s. She is best remembered for introducing two songs that became No. 1 hits ""Wheel of Fortune"" in 1951 and ""(The) Rock and Roll Waltz"" in 1955. Starr was successful in every field of music she tried, such as jazz, pop, and country; but her roots were in jazz. Billie Holiday called her ""the only white woman who could sing the blues."" Kay Starr was born Katherine Laverne Starks"
"The Girl Can't Help It The Girl Can't Help It is a 1956 musical comedy starring Jayne Mansfield in the titular role, Tom Ewell, Edmond O'Brien, Henry Jones, and Julie London. The picture was produced and directed by Frank Tashlin, with a screenplay adapted by Tashlin and Herbert Baker from an uncredited 1955 novel ""Do Re Mi"" by Garson Kanin. The movie was originally intended as a vehicle for the American sex symbol Jayne Mansfield, with a satirical subplot involving teenagers and rock 'n' roll music. The unintended result has been called the ""most potent"" celebration of rock music ever"
"was subsequently recorded by Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Led Zeppelin. Some 32 years later, the song would enter the Grammy Hall of Fame. Domino had further hit singles between 1956 and 1959, including ""When My Dreamboat Comes Home"" (Pop number 14), ""I'm Walkin'"" (Pop number 4), ""Valley of Tears"" (Pop number 8), ""It's You I Love"" (Pop number 6), ""Whole Lotta Loving"" (Pop number 6), ""I Want to Walk You Home"" (Pop number 8), and ""Be My Guest"" (Pop number 8). Domino appeared in two films released in 1956: ""Shake, Rattle & Rock!"" and ""The Girl Can't Help It""."
"the next venue by bus with Dion and the Belmonts and Holly's backing group The Crickets, while Holly, Valens, and Richardson took a plane. The plane crashed in the early hours of February 3, killing the three stars and pilot Roger Peterson. Sardo continued to release singles on several different record labels until 1962; on some, he performed with his brother as a duo, Frankie and Johnny. On September 7, 1960, Frankie Sardo appeared on American Bandstand where he performed his single ""When The Bells Stop Ringing"". (http://www.tv.com/shows/american-bandstand/ab-820-della-reese-frankie-sardo-213579/) Using the name Frank Avianca, he worked as a film actor and"
"Gogi Grant Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg (September 20, 1924 – March 10, 2016), known professionally as Gogi Grant, was an American pop singer. She is best known for her No. 1 hit in 1956, ""The Wayward Wind"". Grant was born as Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of six children of Russian Jewish parents, Rose (née Jacobson) and Alexander Arinsberg. At the age of 12, she moved to Los Angeles, where she attended Venice High School. In California, she won a teenage singing contest and appeared on television talent shows. She worked as a car saleswoman in the early"
"2000, 11 days after the release of ""Red Lipstick,"" Robinson died of cancer at her home in Wilton, Connecticut. Vicki Sue Robinson Vicki Sue Robinson (May 31, 1954 – April 27, 2000) was an American theatre and film actress and singer, closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music; she is most famous for her 1976 hit, ""Turn the Beat Around."" Born in Harlem, New York, to African American Shakespearean actor Bill Robinson and his European American wife Marianne, a folk singer, Vicki Sue Robinson was reared in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for most of her early years, returning"
"1956 and five in Britain, with recordings such as ""Slippin' and Slidin'"", ""Rip It Up"", ""Ready Teddy"", ""The Girl Can't Help It"" and ""Lucille"". Most of Little Richard's earlier hits inspired covers by the likes of Pat Boone, Elvis Presley and Bill Haley. Described as having ""electrifying movie-star looks"", Little Richard accepted brief roles in movies such as ""Don't Knock the Rock"", ""Mister Rock and Roll"" and ""The Girl Can't Help It"". His success continued in 1957 with international hits such as ""Jenny, Jenny"" and ""Keep A-Knockin'"". Little Richard scored further hit singles such as ""Good Golly, Miss Molly"", eventually"
"Fitzgerald, The Four Tops, Dick Gregory, W. C. Handy, Lena Horne, The Jackson 5, Mahalia Jackson, Bill Kenny, George Kirby, Eartha Kitt, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Moms Mabley, Johnny Mathis, The Miracles, Melba Moore, The Platters, Leontyne Price, Richard Pryor, Lou Rawls, Della Reese, Nipsey Russell, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, Ike & Tina Turner, Leslie Uggams, Sarah Vaughan, William Warfield, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Ethel Waters, Flip Wilson, Jackie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and Stevie Wonder. Before his death in a plane crash in December 1967,"
"friend Roy Drusky suggested he pitch ""Blue"" to Patsy Cline in an effort to make the song a hit, so Mack gave a tape to Cline's husband Charlie Dick, but Cline died in a plane crash in 1963 before she could record it. The song became a multi-platinum hit for LeAnn Rimes, in 1996. Although it was claimed that Mack had been waiting to find the right vocalist to record ""Blue"" for all that time, the song was recorded by at least five artists (Mack himself in 1958, Kenny Roberts in 1966, Roy Drusky circa 1960-70s, Polly Stephens Exley in"
"line-up of June, Ruth, and Anita, winning two more Grammys for the top 10 hits ""Jump (for My Love)"" (1984) and ""Automatic"" (1984). The group's other U.S. top 10 hits are ""Fire"" (1979), ""He's So Shy"" (1980), ""Slow Hand"" (1981), the remixed version of ""I'm So Excited"" (1984) and ""Neutron Dance"" (1985). June Pointer, the youngest sister, struggled with drug addiction for much of her career, leaving the group in April 2004 and dying from extensive cancer in April 2006, at the age of 52. She was replaced by Ruth's daughter Issa Pointer. This trio had a number two hit"
"You Can't Catch Me ""You Can't Catch Me"" is a song written and recorded by Chuck Berry, released as a single in 1956. The song's lyrics describe racing a souped-up ""air-mobile"" down the New Jersey Turnpike, then unfolding its wings and taking off. At the time, the Aerocar designed and built by Molt Taylor was nearing Civil Aviation Authority approval for mass production as a flying car with detachable folding wings. Berry's song was featured in the 1956 film ""Rock, Rock, Rock"" and was one of the four songs from the film that was included on the ""soundtrack"" album (the"
"Hank Garland, Boots Randolph, Bob Moore, and Harold Bradley. The songs on the albums include ""Sugar-Foot Rag"", ""Raunchy"", ""My Blue Heaven,"" and ""Unchain My Heart"". The first single from the album, released in August 1961, was ""Wildwood Flower"". In the car wreck, Johnny Horton was killed while Tomlinson sustained multiple leg fractures and was unable to work. A benefit to raise funds on his behalf was held in December 1960, with Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash taking the lead. Coincidentally, the Tomlinson farm in Hampton was near that of the Cash family between Kingsland and Tinsman, Arkansas. Whereas the Tomlinsons"